CLUGGISH,Sara; PY, Pavel S.
Kingdom of the ill

As a painter, filmmaker, and photographer Ulrike Ottinger created an entire artistic universe. Analogous to the exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, the book Cosmos Ottinger approaches the multi-layered work of this visionary artist through eight stations. Screenplays, film props, objects, costumes, fabric collages, and photographs provide an insight into Ottinger’s extensive oeuvre spanning the past 60 years. Cosmos Ottinger is also a visu- alization of the artist’s life, an open-minded view into the world. Putting that world on a stage, the contributions by Çağla Ilk, Misal Adnan Yıldız, Katharina Sykora, Hannelore Paflik-Huber, Johanna Sentef, Hannah Black and Katharina Müller illuminate how Ottinger has used her distinct visual language to consistently question social structures of power, explore queer identities, and advocate for solidarity.

[publisher's note]

Published by Hatje Cantz, 2022
Exhibition Catalogues / Health